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Mark Anthony Joseph Morrison (born 12 May 1974) is an English-Barbadian R&B singer best known for his 1996 platinum hit song "Return of the Mack", which was immediately met with success upon its release in several European countries. In the following year, the song peaked at No. 2 in the United States.
Morrison's debut album, also titled Return of the Mack, became a multi-platinum success and produced five UK Top 10 singles, a record for a British debut album. Over the following decades he remained active through collaborations and high-profile samples of his work, including features with DMX, Cassidy, Trae tha Truth, G-Eazy, and Post Malone, as well as several commercially successful remixes of "Return of the Mack".
His career has also been marked by significant § Legal issues that received widespread media attention and affected his public profile. In later years he has remained active in public life, including briefly expressing interest in running for Mayor of Leicester, and has since established his residence in Florida.
Morrison was born in Hanover, West Germany. He is of Barbadian descent. Morrison later lived in Leicester, England, until moving to the US city of West Palm Beach, Florida, at age 11. After graduating from Palm Beach Lakes High School in 1990, Morrison returned to Leicester.
Morrison's first official recording was the 1993 vinyl release "Where Is Our Love", pressed on his own private Joe'Mel label.
In mid-1995, Morrison released his debut single, "Crazy", which became a Top 20 hit in the UK and was a club favourite. The follow-up single, "Let's Get Down", also entered the Top 40. They were followed in the spring of 1996 by "Return of the Mack", which became a smash international hit, spending two weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart.
His debut album, also titled Return of the Mack, followed and became a multi-platinum success. It reached number four in the UK chart and sold 3 million albums worldwide. It spun off several more hit singles over the next year: "Crazy", "Trippin'", "Horny" and "Moan & Groan" would all reach the UK Top 10, making him the first artist in British pop history to have five Top 10 hits from a debut album.
Although his career was going well, Morrison was constantly in trouble with the police. In 1997, he was imprisoned. The same year he received numerous nominations: four Brit Award nominations, a Mercury Prize nomination, an MTV Europe Music Award nomination, and five MOBO Award nominations. "Return of the Mack" began to climb its way to No. 2 on the American Billboard charts, receiving platinum status. It stayed on the Billboard charts for a lengthy 40 weeks. Morrison had one further minor US hit, 1997's "Moan & Groan," which went to number 76.
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Mark Morrison
Mark Anthony Joseph Morrison (born 12 May 1974) is an English-Barbadian R&B singer best known for his 1996 platinum hit song "Return of the Mack", which was immediately met with success upon its release in several European countries. In the following year, the song peaked at No. 2 in the United States.
Morrison's debut album, also titled Return of the Mack, became a multi-platinum success and produced five UK Top 10 singles, a record for a British debut album. Over the following decades he remained active through collaborations and high-profile samples of his work, including features with DMX, Cassidy, Trae tha Truth, G-Eazy, and Post Malone, as well as several commercially successful remixes of "Return of the Mack".
His career has also been marked by significant § Legal issues that received widespread media attention and affected his public profile. In later years he has remained active in public life, including briefly expressing interest in running for Mayor of Leicester, and has since established his residence in Florida.
Morrison was born in Hanover, West Germany. He is of Barbadian descent. Morrison later lived in Leicester, England, until moving to the US city of West Palm Beach, Florida, at age 11. After graduating from Palm Beach Lakes High School in 1990, Morrison returned to Leicester.
Morrison's first official recording was the 1993 vinyl release "Where Is Our Love", pressed on his own private Joe'Mel label.
In mid-1995, Morrison released his debut single, "Crazy", which became a Top 20 hit in the UK and was a club favourite. The follow-up single, "Let's Get Down", also entered the Top 40. They were followed in the spring of 1996 by "Return of the Mack", which became a smash international hit, spending two weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart.
His debut album, also titled Return of the Mack, followed and became a multi-platinum success. It reached number four in the UK chart and sold 3 million albums worldwide. It spun off several more hit singles over the next year: "Crazy", "Trippin'", "Horny" and "Moan & Groan" would all reach the UK Top 10, making him the first artist in British pop history to have five Top 10 hits from a debut album.
Although his career was going well, Morrison was constantly in trouble with the police. In 1997, he was imprisoned. The same year he received numerous nominations: four Brit Award nominations, a Mercury Prize nomination, an MTV Europe Music Award nomination, and five MOBO Award nominations. "Return of the Mack" began to climb its way to No. 2 on the American Billboard charts, receiving platinum status. It stayed on the Billboard charts for a lengthy 40 weeks. Morrison had one further minor US hit, 1997's "Moan & Groan," which went to number 76.